KACF Giving Summit

KACF’s Giving Summit convenes Korean American philanthropists, community leaders, and social-impact operators for a full Saturday at the Asian Art Museum. It runs October 3, 2026, with check-in and breakfast from 9:00 to 10:00 AM and program through about 4:30 PM, including a reception and Ha Chong-Hyun retrospective tours. Panels cover Korean American giving trends, family foundations and donor-advised funds, and building a personal culture of giving. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, reception, and museum admission, so treat the ticket as a full Civic Center day rather than a drop-in panel.

The Korean American Community Foundation is a national philanthropic host with deep Bay Area roots. Putting the summit inside the Asian Art Museum keeps the room on Civic Center rather than a hotel ballroom. Speakers listed on the public agenda include leaders from Freedom Together Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the Haas Jr. Fund, AAPIP, Goldman Sachs, and Hercules Capital, with KACF CEO Kyung B. Yoon moderating a closing block. That roster is why the day clears Circuit for donors and nonprofit operators who want the Korean American philanthropy graph, not a startup pitch floor.

This is right for donors, foundation staff, nonprofit operators, and professionals who can use a Saturday on giving infrastructure. Skip it if you need investor demos or a young-professionals happy hour. Early-bird pricing was framed through September 20; after that date, confirm current rates on givingsummit.org before you budget the day. BART to Civic Center or museum-area parking should be planned the night before.

Museum entry can queue on busy Saturdays, so arrive closer to the 9:00 breakfast window if you want hallway time before panels start. Bring a notebook for donor-advised-fund and family-foundation sessions, and decide in advance whether you are hunting peer donors, grantee introductions, or board-service ideas. The retrospective tours are a bonus, not a substitute for the giving panels.

If you are choosing between this and Neythri’s Palo Alto weekend the following week, stay here for Korean American giving infrastructure; use Neythri for South Asian women leadership programming. Register on the summit site, then keep the confirmation handy for museum entry and tour timing. Re-check the agenda closer to October 3 if panel titles shift.